Device for and process of drying and oiling shoes



March 24, 192s.

S. B. FLINT DEVICE FOR AND PROCESS OF DRYING AND OILING SHOES File@ may 14, 1924 i 11111 la l l f l n l Il III I am,

Patented Mar. 24, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFicE.

` SAM B.` FLIN'I", OF MARSHFIELD, OREGON. K

DEVICE FOR AND :PROCESS OF DRYING AND OILING SHOES. K v

Application filed May 14,

To all whom t 771.653/ concern:

Be it known that I, SAM B. FLINT, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Marshfield, in the county of Coos and State of Oregon, have inve-nted certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for and Processes of Drying and Oiling Slices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for and' process of drying and oiling shoes, and hasv as an object the provision of means whereby heat may be applied to the interior of a shoe and oil may ber simultaneously applied to the interior surface thereof wher by the water is: caused to leave the leather by evaporation and the oil is drawn in by capillary attraction at `the same time.

A further object of the invention is the provisionof a device for maintaining a shoe ina distended condition while being dried and oiled.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a process for rendering oil limpid by means of heat and of introducing the oil into the pores of the leather by capil- 'lary attraction at the same time that Lwater is being driven out from the same leather.

Further objectswill appear from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawings showing the device embodied for carrying out the process; and in which- Figure 1 is a. central .vertical section of a shoe with the device in place; and

Fig. 2 a like section on a largerscale showing 'the :filling nozzle and plug.

As shown, the devicey comprises the receptacle l() of the nature of a hot water .bottle formed of water proof flexible mate rial as rubber, and of a shape to substantialv ly fit the interior of the shoe to be treated.y

f To introduce water or other heated liquid into the interior of the device, there is shown the filling nozzle 11 interiorly screw threaded for the reception of a screw plug 12. To

i hang a shoe with the device in `place while the shoe is being treated a ring 13 may be attached to the plug 12.

To hold o'il upon the surface of the device in contact with the inner surface of the shoe 14, a covering of material 15 is provided which may be formed of canvas or other suitable material. To prevent oil from soaking into the covering 15, the surface thereof is treated with an impervious substance 16. A suitable covering is in prac 1924. seria.; No. 713,236. p

tice found to be shellac although other varnishes or coatings whichy are sufiiciently flexiblel and impervious to oil and water may be utilized.

In the use of the device and to the process of the invention theempty bottle 10 is introduced into the shoe. Before in-` troduction of the bottle into the shoe its outer surface is smeared with oil which it is desired to introduce carry out into the leather. The` bottle is then filled with hot water and the i The facility with which water in the leather in shoes may bereplaced by oil by means of the process of the invention is unexpected and surprising. The device is of great advantage to men such as lumbermen whose shoes become tho-roughly soaked while about their days work, and where it is desired to have the water removed from the shoes over night and to have the shoes warm and pliable and-ready for use in the morning, such result being accomplished with great facility and effectiveness.

Minor changes may be made in` the physical embodiment of the invention and in the Asteps of the process within the scope of the appended claims, without AdepartirngY from the vspirit of the invention.

.l claim:

1. A device for drying and oiling shoes comprising in combination a flexible receptacle adapted to approximately fit the interior of a slice, al flexible oil-proof coverc-overing for said receptacle adapted' to carry a'coating ofoil, said receptacle and covering adapted to be introduced unfilled.

with all portions of the shoe thereby to ren-l der the oil liquid and simultaneously introduce' the heatedoil into the'material of the shoe and dry the moisture therefrom.

3; The process of drying andA oiling Wobei1- soaked shoes comprising applying oil to the outer surface of a receptaole adaptedto upproximately it the interior of the shoe a-iid provide a' shape-sustaining form therefor, and subjecting the shoe and oil to heat iur 10 parted by u vmedium Within the 'receptacle to render the oil liquid `and sii-uuitaneously introduce the hea-ted oil intorthe materia-1 of the shoe and dry the moisture therefrom.

SAM B. yFLIYT. Vitnesses:l

BENNETT SWANTON, K. K. DERMIN. 

